One year old food routine and fussiness

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Does anyone do main meal of the day at lunchtime?

My just turned one year old is becoming increasingly fussy, and it's worst at dinner - it's been difficult to get anything into him at all at dinner time the last week or so. When he refuses to eat we get him down and then a bit later offer him some plain toast or a banana (which probably doesn't help but I'm loathe to put him to bed without anything - after months of poor sleeping I don't want to risk him waking up hungry!).

He's a little better at lunchtime so I was thinking of trying serving him his 'main meal' (so something like pasta, cottage pie, meat and veg) then, and then at dinner time just giving him some sandwiches, or toast and toppings. Anyone had a similar problem and found this has helped a fussy eater?!

Really just do what works! 'My Child Won't Eat' by Carlos Gonzales is a wonderful read

Sounds fine! Just do what works best for you. Mine (3.5 and 15m) usually have more “lunchy” things like sandwiches at lunch time but not always, and the volume of food could be the same or more than dinner. DS gets lunch at nursery 3 days a week and that’s a pretty big cooked meal.

what time is he eating? Mine eat quite early so they aren’t too tired. B 7ish. Snack 9-10ish. L 12ish. Afternoon snack 3ish and then dinner around 5/5.30. Then the youngest gets a cup of milk before bed. Sometimes they just don’t eat well for whatever unknown reason

I do that when we’ve got something going on in the evening and it works fine. My DD (21 months) eats dinner about 5 and I usually give her a snack at 7 with her milk to help her through the night